National Motos in France used the 2006 Le Mans winner as inspiration for its blue-and-yellow creation, another bike to add wire wheels to the mix, while Swiss dealer Brivermoto Motors made the maddest version of all with its ‘Africa Four’.

Finally there’s another Monkey-inspired bike, the ‘Monkey 1000R’ by Werther Honda in Nice, France, with blue-and-white paint and parts from the Monkey 125 including its bars and mirrors.

We’d be very surprised if Honda doesn’t make more of the 50th anniversary of its heritage of four-cylinder bikes, and particularly the CB750, when it comes to the big bike shows towards the end of this year. Could any of these bikes hint at limited-edition production models?